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katrina was about a lot of things. a big storm, a big engineering failure, race and class and politics and money, and more. it left us all with lessons to learn and hopefully not repeat, and it left us all with a stake in this place. ♪ oh, when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ >> it's an american city unlike any other. >> this part of the country had an entirely different colonial history. has different language forms, has different food, has different architecture. >> founded by france, briefly owned by spain, and once the capital of the slave trade, the bustling port city of new orleans has flourished as a multi-cultural haven. >> because there were french, spanish, english, american, indian, african and caribbean influences, you end up with actually different mixtures of people, names that you don't see anywhere else. >> that's pronounced tchoupitoulis. the allure of the city's rich history and culture has long masked a slew of modern day problems, a persistently high crime rate, corruption, racial and economic t
katrina was about a lot of things. a big storm, a big engineering failure, race and class and politics and money, and more. it left us all with lessons to learn and hopefully not repeat, and it left us all with a stake in this place. ♪ oh, when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ >> it's an american city unlike any other. >> this part of the country had an entirely different colonial history. has different language forms, has different food, has different architecture. >>...
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katrina was about a lot of things. a big storm, a big engineering failure, race and class and politics and money, and more. it left us all with lessons to learn and hopefully not repeat, and it left us all with a stake in this place. ♪ oh, when the saints go marching♪ ♪ >> it's an american city unlike any other. >> this part of the country had an entirely different colonial history. has different language forms, has different food, has different architecture. >> founded by france, briefly owned by spain, and once the capital of the slave tde, the bustling port city of new orleans has flourished as a multi-cultural haven. >> because there were french, spanish, english, american, indian, african and caribbean influences, you end up with actually different mixtures of people, names that you don't see anywhere else. >> that's pronounced tchoupitoulis. the allure of the city's rich history and culture has long masked a slew of modern day problems, a persistently high crime rate, corruption, racial and economic tension
katrina was about a lot of things. a big storm, a big engineering failure, race and class and politics and money, and more. it left us all with lessons to learn and hopefully not repeat, and it left us all with a stake in this place. ♪ oh, when the saints go marching♪ ♪ >> it's an american city unlike any other. >> this part of the country had an entirely different colonial history. has different language forms, has different food, has different architecture. >> founded...
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after being obliterated by a direct hit from hurricane katrina with the 30-foot storm surge, katrina killed 50 people here. destroyed 95% of the homes, all of the businesses and city property and all of the tax base. today, while manied byes have rebuilt, there are still no grocery store. the town population is down 35%. and once bus. ing neighborhoods near the coast are empty fields. >> my roof was down there on top of those palm trees. >> reporter: mike and alece easterday rebuild their home, but few neighbors returned. >> that took a while. we miss the people who lived here before. you know, never before has something happened to this extent. >> reporter: for mayor longo, that, too is the saddest part. >> everywhere i see a slab that was a home that was a family that i knew intimately that i know that either passed away in the storm or are not here. >> reporter: to the east in biloxi, where 52 people were killed, recovery began earlier thanked to tax revenues from the casinos. the bridges and many businesses have been rebuilt. but there are still concrete slabs where nearly 50 his
after being obliterated by a direct hit from hurricane katrina with the 30-foot storm surge, katrina killed 50 people here. destroyed 95% of the homes, all of the businesses and city property and all of the tax base. today, while manied byes have rebuilt, there are still no grocery store. the town population is down 35%. and once bus. ing neighborhoods near the coast are empty fields. >> my roof was down there on top of those palm trees. >> reporter: mike and alece easterday rebuild...
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is katrina the cause of it? these incredible catastrophes are in fact symptoms of a much greater disease, the disease of poorly managing these wet lands habitat. how important is this? 30% of all the seafood we consume comes from here. so we have a lot at stake. >> yeah, we do. thank you very much, jeff. and tonight don't miss the msnbc special documentary, hurricane katrina, the first five days, hosted by brian williams, that's at 10:00 eastern time. and you won't want to miss "meet the press" on msnbc this sunday. guests will include louisiana senator mitch landrieu. later on sunday, brian will have an exclusive interview with president obama which will air sunday night on nbc "nightly news." and i'm tamron hall live in new orleans. thank you for sticking with our coverage of katrina five years later. we're not going anywhere, we will be here saturday and sunday with live coverage. thomas roberts who has been our pitch man, our help out guy during this storm picks up the complete hour next. ♪ love is so stro
is katrina the cause of it? these incredible catastrophes are in fact symptoms of a much greater disease, the disease of poorly managing these wet lands habitat. how important is this? 30% of all the seafood we consume comes from here. so we have a lot at stake. >> yeah, we do. thank you very much, jeff. and tonight don't miss the msnbc special documentary, hurricane katrina, the first five days, hosted by brian williams, that's at 10:00 eastern time. and you won't want to miss "meet...
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the best thing that happened to us was katrina. it's the feeling of before katrina we didn't know how bad we were. educationally, economy wise, job wise. and we didn't want to hear it. now we got hit in the face. >> the bubble was burst, if you will. >> we don't have any choice, we have to survive. >> sink or swim. brings about creativity and invasii innovati innovation. with all the treading water where we are, i think there's a possibility we will benefit in ,zaayrñ looking at a beautiful here in new orleans. the west bank of the mississippi right across the greater new orleans bridge. coming up, i don't want to paint a picture through rose colored glasses, a lot of people still struggling. over in pontchartrain park, they're trying to move back in and a great actor, great man, windle pierce, it was his neighborhood devastated, almost every home in that community and he's fighting to bring those folks back home. we're going to talk with him right after this break. >>> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. he was a
the best thing that happened to us was katrina. it's the feeling of before katrina we didn't know how bad we were. educationally, economy wise, job wise. and we didn't want to hear it. now we got hit in the face. >> the bubble was burst, if you will. >> we don't have any choice, we have to survive. >> sink or swim. brings about creativity and invasii innovati innovation. with all the treading water where we are, i think there's a possibility we will benefit in ,zaayrñ looking...
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you know, katrina didn't knock everybody down. >> ray nagin was mayor of new orleans when hurricane katrina devastated the coast five years ago. i'm going to talk with him live in our next hour about rebuilding efforts and his place in history. did he make mistakes? does he admit to any mistakes? that's next. a take allison jenks to the senior prom in this. one day, i'll park this in a spot reserved for me. it's got 26,000 miles on it now, but i'm gonna take it to a thousand million. [ male announcer ] when you own a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz, chances are they'll own it one day, too. which is why it undergoes such a rigorous inspection to meet our uncompromising standards. one day, i'm gonna drive this to vegas. [ male announcer ] hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through august 31st. ♪ well, if you come from the hood ♪ ♪ or ya come from the burbs ♪ got the fellas up in here tonight ♪ ♪ ♪ we at the block party having fun ♪ i was just in town for a few days and i was wondering if i could say
you know, katrina didn't knock everybody down. >> ray nagin was mayor of new orleans when hurricane katrina devastated the coast five years ago. i'm going to talk with him live in our next hour about rebuilding efforts and his place in history. did he make mistakes? does he admit to any mistakes? that's next. a take allison jenks to the senior prom in this. one day, i'll park this in a spot reserved for me. it's got 26,000 miles on it now, but i'm gonna take it to a thousand million. [...
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policing after katrina was hell on earth. but the record of something horribly wrong happening to these americans wouldn't be forgotten. the justice department is now investigating the incident five years on. like all of katrina, it's part of the unfinished business of what happened, showing it, not letting it be forgotten and trying to make it right. we'll be right back. one day, i'll park this in a spot reserved for me. it's got 26,000 miles on it now, but i'm gonna take it to a thousand million. [ male announcer ] when you own a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz, chances are they'll own it one day, too. which is why it undergoes such a rigorous inspection to meet our uncompromising standards. one day, i'm gonna drive this to vegas. [ male announcer ] hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through august 31st. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is diane. diane, who has diabetes and a daughter who could use a little perspective. diane
policing after katrina was hell on earth. but the record of something horribly wrong happening to these americans wouldn't be forgotten. the justice department is now investigating the incident five years on. like all of katrina, it's part of the unfinished business of what happened, showing it, not letting it be forgotten and trying to make it right. we'll be right back. one day, i'll park this in a spot reserved for me. it's got 26,000 miles on it now, but i'm gonna take it to a thousand...
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policing after katrina was hell on earth. but the record of something horribly wrong happening to these americans wouldn't be forgotten. the justice department is now investigating the incident five years on. like all of katrina, it's part of the unfinished business of what happened, showing it, not letting it be forgotten and trying to make it right. we'll be right back. rmance? 0 to 60? or 60 to 0? [ tires screech ] the quarter mile, or a quarter century? is performance about the joy of driving? or the importance... of surviving. to us, performance is not about doing one thing well. it is about doing everything well. because in the end... everything matters. the best or nothing. that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. ♪ an accidental touch can turn ordinary into something more. moments can change anytime -- just like that. and when they do men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for da
policing after katrina was hell on earth. but the record of something horribly wrong happening to these americans wouldn't be forgotten. the justice department is now investigating the incident five years on. like all of katrina, it's part of the unfinished business of what happened, showing it, not letting it be forgotten and trying to make it right. we'll be right back. rmance? 0 to 60? or 60 to 0? [ tires screech ] the quarter mile, or a quarter century? is performance about the joy of...
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katrina is dead. we'd prefer you didn't speak to media because you're hurting our chances to get federal dollars. and that was the bottom line, they nickelled and dimed it until eventually they fired me. and the worst thing was they couldn't tell me why. >> now, i talked to garland robinette, the man who's seen as the voice of new orleans, and he says that the army corps of engineers, in his opinion, is so powerful and so immune, if you will, to the critics, to the reports, and to the sidestepping of repairing the levee system. excuse me. do you agree with that? >> oh, 100%. even though the repairs are row bu robust, we don't have the protection that we need. in many locations we've still got the old eye walls that fell down. we've got pump stations that we know the pumps don't work properly. and levees that are just too low because of their flawed science. >> is it a lack of funding that's keeping this from changing the situation, changing -- i was out at the 17th street canal. you see the new area,
katrina is dead. we'd prefer you didn't speak to media because you're hurting our chances to get federal dollars. and that was the bottom line, they nickelled and dimed it until eventually they fired me. and the worst thing was they couldn't tell me why. >> now, i talked to garland robinette, the man who's seen as the voice of new orleans, and he says that the army corps of engineers, in his opinion, is so powerful and so immune, if you will, to the critics, to the reports, and to the...
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katrina." >> made a few bad mistakes in my life. but this has got to be the biggest mistake anybody can make. me and my wife survived. only by god's will we survived. >> i'm glad to be alive. i'll never stay through another hurricane again. i will run. >> greg jacobs is the supervising producer for "witness katrina" and joins us now. good to see you. amazing documentary you have put together and i want to just show another piece from it from a man in a chopper with what we saw then again. so let's play that clip. >> we're seeing a scene throughout this it area ever where we look, victims waving at us. it's almost too many to count. people waving frantically trying to get our attention and our help. it's such a helpless feeling here. i can't explain to you. >> greg, it truly is amazing when we go back and look what happened five years ago. tell me about the documentary. >> i think what makes this documentary unique is that it's told entirely from the perspective of the people as it's happening,
katrina." >> made a few bad mistakes in my life. but this has got to be the biggest mistake anybody can make. me and my wife survived. only by god's will we survived. >> i'm glad to be alive. i'll never stay through another hurricane again. i will run. >> greg jacobs is the supervising producer for "witness katrina" and joins us now. good to see you. amazing documentary you have put together and i want to just show another piece from it from a man in a chopper...
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that university opened five months after hurricane katrina. tonight, mayor mitch landrieu will host a commemoration ceremony, candles lit to remember those who died in the tragedy. from here in new orleans to the coastline of mississippi, many communities are on different roads to recovery, but some areas faring better than others. recovery process in new orleans has been helped by $16.7 billion in federal funds for the region. by the many people who lv thoves city, including the author who wrote the book on new orleans, why new orleans matters, and he took me on a tour of the hardest hit neighborhoods and introduced me to some of his friends along the way. so, tom, this is the 17th street canal? >> here is where one of the most serious breaches happened during katrina. if you visited this place two or three months after the storm, four months after the storm, six months after the storm it looked like a -- truly like a war zone. just destruction every place, smashed houses, overturned cars. >> reporter: how jarring of a contrast is it to have
that university opened five months after hurricane katrina. tonight, mayor mitch landrieu will host a commemoration ceremony, candles lit to remember those who died in the tragedy. from here in new orleans to the coastline of mississippi, many communities are on different roads to recovery, but some areas faring better than others. recovery process in new orleans has been helped by $16.7 billion in federal funds for the region. by the many people who lv thoves city, including the author who...
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we talked a lot about storm surges after katrina. officials say it could push up to a foot of water along the northern gulf coast. let me go to meteorologist br n brian. i have read your notes as well. talk to me about the great concern with this storm right now. >> storm surge is it, tamron. this is a big system. when the system is big like this, have you a lot of wind, an area of wind putting energy into the walter and pushing up against the coast. so that l shape there with louisiana and mississippi, that corner kind of funnels the storm surge in there so the national hurricane center is forecasting 6 to 12 feet of water above the land on the extreme southeast part of louisiana. that would be outside the levy. that will not, according to current calculations, challenge levies. let me bring you up-to-date. this is going to be critical. here are the numbers as of the latest advisory. we have a 65 mian hour tropical storm. we are down to where you normally have a pressure with a category 1 hurricane. we are going to see if we are upg
we talked a lot about storm surges after katrina. officials say it could push up to a foot of water along the northern gulf coast. let me go to meteorologist br n brian. i have read your notes as well. talk to me about the great concern with this storm right now. >> storm surge is it, tamron. this is a big system. when the system is big like this, have you a lot of wind, an area of wind putting energy into the walter and pushing up against the coast. so that l shape there with louisiana...
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katrina left her house 14 feet under water. but after volunteers helped her rebuild, she joined americorps to serve the community herself, part of a wave of americorps members who have been critical to the rebirth of this city and the rebuilding of this region. so today, she manages a local center for mental health and wellness. we see the symbol that this city has become in the st. bernard project, whose founder, liz mccartney, is with us. this endeavor has drawn volunteers from across the country to rebuild hundreds of homes throughout st. bernard parish and the lower ninth ward. i've seen the sense of purpose people felt after the storm when i visited musicians village in the nine ward back in 2006. volunteers were not only constructing houses, they were coming together to preserve the culture of music and art that's part of the soul of this city. and the soul of this country. and today, more than 70 homes are complete and construction's under way on the ellis marsalis center for music. we see -- we see the dedication to the
katrina left her house 14 feet under water. but after volunteers helped her rebuild, she joined americorps to serve the community herself, part of a wave of americorps members who have been critical to the rebirth of this city and the rebuilding of this region. so today, she manages a local center for mental health and wellness. we see the symbol that this city has become in the st. bernard project, whose founder, liz mccartney, is with us. this endeavor has drawn volunteers from across the...
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we are calling this the brain game folks that came here after katrina who decided to make katrina their home. they were so touched by what they saw and so touched by the work and the resilience of the people in this community that they decided to stay here and put a stake on the ground. >> you hit the nail on the head, sir, thanks for joining us. i do appreciate it. >>> on a different note, if you feel like somebody is watching you, you may be right, at least if you're in california or eight western states. they're able to place a gps device on your car and track your movements without your knowledge. that's the ruling by the u.s. court of appeals. adam cohen joins me now and he wrote the article on this. explain how this is possible that the ninth circuit ruled that it is okay for someone to sneak on your property and put a tracking device on your vehicle without your knowledge. >> the fourth amendment protects you against unreasonable searches the question was in this case, is it unreasonable for the police to come on to your property and put a gps on your car and the ninth circuit co
we are calling this the brain game folks that came here after katrina who decided to make katrina their home. they were so touched by what they saw and so touched by the work and the resilience of the people in this community that they decided to stay here and put a stake on the ground. >> you hit the nail on the head, sir, thanks for joining us. i do appreciate it. >>> on a different note, if you feel like somebody is watching you, you may be right, at least if you're in...
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>> right over here. >> three years after katrina? >> yeah, with his backpack on his back. >> reporter: in the end, there was no safe refuge, not everyone the superdome. get >> get us out of here. >> reporter: some wondered if new orleans itself was dying. it didn't and today signs of recovery abound. but leave to that little boy from the convention center now 14 to tell you how he sees it. >> i just wish that things would kind of be back to normal and new orleans is not back to normal. you know, a lot of people may think that it is, but it's not. >> that was nbc's lester holt reporting from new orleans. >>> this next story, incredible in the year 2010. a new memo obtained by nbc news reveal as public middle school in mississippi has segregated its elected class positions by race. according to the school system, only white sulgtss can run for eighth grade president while only black students can run for vice president. in the seventh grade, the positions of president and vice president are both to be filled by whites only .in that sixt
>> right over here. >> three years after katrina? >> yeah, with his backpack on his back. >> reporter: in the end, there was no safe refuge, not everyone the superdome. get >> get us out of here. >> reporter: some wondered if new orleans itself was dying. it didn't and today signs of recovery abound. but leave to that little boy from the convention center now 14 to tell you how he sees it. >> i just wish that things would kind of be back to normal and...
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"the big uneasy" is coming out on the fifth anniversary of katrina. is that at all a vote of confidence in the hurricane protection since 2005, is that how we should read that. >> not at all. i'm a resident of new orleans because i love new orleans. made the film because we so glibly use the storm or hurricane katrina in what happened here. what i do is track the two independent investigations that painstakingly established beyond controversy that this was a man-made event, that in the words of one of the investigators the greatest man-made engineering catastrophes, since chernobyl. it was entirely preventable. and we have a whistle blower from inside the corps of engineers who is saying many of the sameistakes are being made. >> let's talk about these new and improved systems because the army corps says 15 billion has been spent in levee reconstruction. do you think what they have done ask really a israelrealistic protection when we all know that these levees can't sustain anything above a cat 3 storm. >> we know they couldn't sustain anything above
"the big uneasy" is coming out on the fifth anniversary of katrina. is that at all a vote of confidence in the hurricane protection since 2005, is that how we should read that. >> not at all. i'm a resident of new orleans because i love new orleans. made the film because we so glibly use the storm or hurricane katrina in what happened here. what i do is track the two independent investigations that painstakingly established beyond controversy that this was a man-made event, that...
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we're not comparing this to katrina. if you lived through something like it, there is no way in the world another storm of this size rolls through and you just brush it off lightly. you will certainly think about what you went through seven years ago, knowing that 100 people lost their lives after katrina. >> no, definitely. the wind's starting to pick up here. i think what i found from talking to residents who decided to evacuate and those that didn't, it was a tale of two new orleans, those that suffered severely during katrina and decided to get out. my uncle and his family lost their second home in bill oxcy. it was right on the gulf. they decided to evacuate. they live in the garden district. my in-laws live in jefferson parish. they didn't suffer too much damage during katrina. they're kind of miserable now because they have the no power and it likely is going to stay that way. as you said nearly half a million people without power. it's going to stay that way for a couple of days. >> i was saying, in the midst of
we're not comparing this to katrina. if you lived through something like it, there is no way in the world another storm of this size rolls through and you just brush it off lightly. you will certainly think about what you went through seven years ago, knowing that 100 people lost their lives after katrina. >> no, definitely. the wind's starting to pick up here. i think what i found from talking to residents who decided to evacuate and those that didn't, it was a tale of two new orleans,...
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and post-katrina, here you are with, what, 60% charter schools. the teacher's union says, oh, that's great, except they've tossed the teachers union out of all of those places, and you can't educate kids on charter schools alone. >> let me say this. i know senator landrieu had a lot to do with this particular movement. the fact of the matter is, whether they're charter schools or public schools, in the city of new orleans we have the most innovative change that's going on in public education anywhere in america. in the last three years alone, our student scores have gone up in every category, and it is, in fact, an amazing story. the other day the president announced, and senator landrieu made a change to get this to happen, they've physically rebuilt every school in the city of new orleans. now, i wouldn't have said it the way the secretary said it. some say it was a great opportunity. i think it comes out wrong. i think it gave us the responsibility of building back something that never should have gotten to where it was before. it's a huge resp
and post-katrina, here you are with, what, 60% charter schools. the teacher's union says, oh, that's great, except they've tossed the teachers union out of all of those places, and you can't educate kids on charter schools alone. >> let me say this. i know senator landrieu had a lot to do with this particular movement. the fact of the matter is, whether they're charter schools or public schools, in the city of new orleans we have the most innovative change that's going on in public...
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he joined the saints as a free agent six months after katrina. he started giving back on the field by being an unexpectedly awesome player. and off the field with his dream foundation, which has raised money to rebuild new orleans schools and fund parks and youth programs. then there's scott fujita. they named him man of the year for his community service, his chartable works. he's also put his marketability of the line by repeatedly and publicly speaking out in favor of issues like abortion rights and gay rights. don't forget the other team. the colts. the colts, led by peyton manning, who is from new orleans. peyton manning's dad was quarterback here when fans started wearing bags on their heads. the mannings still live here and he gives to both foundations. then there's pierre garcon. i'm telling you, the super bowl this year is a totally uncynical, american feel-good story even if you hate football. you must love it. you must. joining us now, associate professor at princeton and msnbc contributor. am i doing it right? >> like who that? >> i'l
he joined the saints as a free agent six months after katrina. he started giving back on the field by being an unexpectedly awesome player. and off the field with his dream foundation, which has raised money to rebuild new orleans schools and fund parks and youth programs. then there's scott fujita. they named him man of the year for his community service, his chartable works. he's also put his marketability of the line by repeatedly and publicly speaking out in favor of issues like abortion...
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>> back to katrina and the year after. >> i signed six months post-katrina, when the city was still very much kind of in it shambles. you know, i just remember you kind of looked around and like there's a lot of work to do. for me and for my wife, we felt like it was a calling, to have the opportunity to come here. to not only play football here and to help the organization kind of rebuild itself but also to jump in the community and do whatever we could to do our part in helping the city come back better than it ever was before. you know, this city and its people have embraced us in a way i can't even describe. we're just trying to get back what new orleans has given us. >> you see that in your teammates, guys wanting to dive into the community and help out. >> more so on this team than any other. just because of, number one, the quality of the guys, and, number two, there's so much need. so the guys see that and recognize that, and in turn they go out in the community, and they're constantly lending a helping hand. >> finally, are you worried about the bucs? >> i'm always worried about
>> back to katrina and the year after. >> i signed six months post-katrina, when the city was still very much kind of in it shambles. you know, i just remember you kind of looked around and like there's a lot of work to do. for me and for my wife, we felt like it was a calling, to have the opportunity to come here. to not only play football here and to help the organization kind of rebuild itself but also to jump in the community and do whatever we could to do our part in helping...
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>> i mean, katrina was a great storm. but what flooded new orleans was actually simply design failures by the corps of engineers when the levee system -- the floodwalls collapsed on the drainage canals and they weren't even over top. the water was two feet below the top and they just gave way. that was a design issue. as -- >> is it because of where they were built and what they were or is it because they were designed poorly? >> poor design primarily. the floodwalls that collapsed in katrina were designed during the reagan administration, when, i guess they thought government could do anything right and went out to prove it. >> tell me where we are right now and what happened here after katrina. >> we're standing at the industrial canal levee. water came over the top of a wall similar to this. we didn't have a concrete apron then. what you had was grass. the water pouring over the top went into the ground, ate away at the ground, took away the -- >> footing for the wall. >> and the wall fell down. >> and this area of hou
>> i mean, katrina was a great storm. but what flooded new orleans was actually simply design failures by the corps of engineers when the levee system -- the floodwalls collapsed on the drainage canals and they weren't even over top. the water was two feet below the top and they just gave way. that was a design issue. as -- >> is it because of where they were built and what they were or is it because they were designed poorly? >> poor design primarily. the floodwalls that...
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since katrina. it's exciting. and you know, we were celebrating that little football game we won, last time we were here, we won it right after that. >> we heard about that. >> god, we were celebrating. and then we had that oil spill, so we had some little problems. so we are back to celebrating. things are good. we're having the best year we've had since katrina, and i feel great about it. adelaide is doing great. commander's doing great. our friends around town, not everybody. in the coastal towns, they are suffering. in the panhandle of florida, our friends the fishermen, it's tough. but here in new orleans, things are pretty darn good. >> you can like they're on the upswing. tourism is so important for the overall economy. in terms of food, in terms of the food part of new orleans culture that everyone wants to visit, and this is an institution, how big an issue is it when people worry about the gulf seafood, and what is the availability right now? >> the availability is really great. we really
since katrina. it's exciting. and you know, we were celebrating that little football game we won, last time we were here, we won it right after that. >> we heard about that. >> god, we were celebrating. and then we had that oil spill, so we had some little problems. so we are back to celebrating. things are good. we're having the best year we've had since katrina, and i feel great about it. adelaide is doing great. commander's doing great. our friends around town, not everybody. in...
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the seven-year anniversary of katrina tomorrow. it has to be giving an extra dose of anxiety to people. >> reporter: absolutely it is, chris. the mayor and other city officials have reminded people that katrina is a different storm. every storm is different. i talked to a woman last night who in 1968 rode out the hurricane then. she will stay here if it turns into hurricane isaac. right outside of our hotel here. this is what you see here in the french quarter. a lot of people will know this as the famous french quarter. a block southwest of canal street. the famous street with the trolley. you see this everywhere. this was once the material used to put up the flood wall at the hotel. you have tourists still in the area who could not get out in time. perhaps did not have the money to get out. they are also riding out the storm. this is significant. you know, the french quarter deals with tourism. you see the outer band. it turns and a drop of a minute or less that these bands are coming in. this is a big tourist area. the tourists
the seven-year anniversary of katrina tomorrow. it has to be giving an extra dose of anxiety to people. >> reporter: absolutely it is, chris. the mayor and other city officials have reminded people that katrina is a different storm. every storm is different. i talked to a woman last night who in 1968 rode out the hurricane then. she will stay here if it turns into hurricane isaac. right outside of our hotel here. this is what you see here in the french quarter. a lot of people will know...
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." >>> five years later, new orleans and the gulf coast remember hurricane katrina. we're all over it live. >>> and state of the economy. the fed chair set to make a major speech today. we'll bring you that but the new gdp numbers are much worse than expected. >>> plus, new video. new video of the trapped miners in chile. how are they surviving? it's august 27th, 2010. i'm chuck todd. savannah guthrie is off this week. let's get to the rundown. we'll start in new orleans. still trying to recover from the devastation of hurricane katrina five years ago. nbc news correspondent tamron hall joins us live from new orleans. tamron, you know, we are hearing a lot of good, a lot of some bad. >> reporter: why. >> frankly, i'm hearing more good. i have heard some amazing statistics about the state of this city today versus where things were five years ago. >> reporter: you know, chuck, that's so interesting. a great author that lives here in new orleans, tom impaaza, we ta walked around the city. it is like a quilt with many patches an some of the patches are perfect and beaut
." >>> five years later, new orleans and the gulf coast remember hurricane katrina. we're all over it live. >>> and state of the economy. the fed chair set to make a major speech today. we'll bring you that but the new gdp numbers are much worse than expected. >>> plus, new video. new video of the trapped miners in chile. how are they surviving? it's august 27th, 2010. i'm chuck todd. savannah guthrie is off this week. let's get to the rundown. we'll start in new...
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that's part of the reason why katrina was able to be forgotten. it was hitting down in new orleans it's not d.c. or new york. it's not when the political and media power brokers live and work and have to ride the transit. >> today, the sixth anniversary of katrina. while there are those who say, maybe the media hypes this stuff, there's a real case for saying, you just can't be too prepared for crisis of these magnitude when you saw the devastation that that city is still trying to dig out from. >> i agree, matt. but i'm more with tim on this one. i would give the politicians an a on hurricane irene, and i would give the media a b-minus. i think we were guilty of playing it a little bit too big and what's unfortunate about that, i do think that we could have confirmed this, you know, views, critics of the media have, we are navel gazing, a problem in new york, or washington, it's a disaster for the world. the coverage tended to confirm that. >> imogene, your thoughts, six years after katrina? something that must have been, i think you were in the
that's part of the reason why katrina was able to be forgotten. it was hitting down in new orleans it's not d.c. or new york. it's not when the political and media power brokers live and work and have to ride the transit. >> today, the sixth anniversary of katrina. while there are those who say, maybe the media hypes this stuff, there's a real case for saying, you just can't be too prepared for crisis of these magnitude when you saw the devastation that that city is still trying to dig...
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ultimately that must be the legacy of katrina. not one of neglect but of action. not one of indifference but of empathy. not of abandonment but of a community working together to meet shared challenges. >> later in an exclusive with nbc's brian williams, the president addressed the criticism his administration has received for another manmade catastrophe, the bp oil disaster. >> the only thing we had in common we had with the katrina response was thad allen who came in and helped to organization rescue efforts, and he did so, under katrina, he did so for us. but if you look, we had immediately thousands of vessels, tens of thousands of people who are here. and what we're seeing now is we have a lot more work to do. the fact is because of the sturdiness and swiftness of the response, there's a lot less oil hitting the shores and beaches than anybody would have anticipated given the volume that was coming out of the bp oil well. >> but as the administration prepares to hand out billions of dollars to gulf coast residents affected by the oil disaster, another lesson
ultimately that must be the legacy of katrina. not one of neglect but of action. not one of indifference but of empathy. not of abandonment but of a community working together to meet shared challenges. >> later in an exclusive with nbc's brian williams, the president addressed the criticism his administration has received for another manmade catastrophe, the bp oil disaster. >> the only thing we had in common we had with the katrina response was thad allen who came in and helped to...
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i know that many symbols have come to represent hurricane katrina. but there's one that stands out for both the simplicity and the powerful feeling it creates. >> reporter: when the levees breached here nearly five years ago, 80% of new orleans was put under water. and all around the city you'll find images and signs that remind us of that horrific time. but there's one that really stands out. >> reporter: it's a simple x spray painted on thousands of homes, but for the people suffered through hurricane katrina, it triggers a flood of emotions. >> i don't want the x to be xed out. >> in some cases they're grave markers. >> symbolize what the entire city went through. >> in the desperate days after katrina, search and rescue teams moved from house to house, marking each one with an x. >> reporter: up here is the date of the search, over here is the unit that actually conducted it. apparently this one was from texas. this zero shows there were none. >> no one i know has positive memories of katrina. i'm not exactly sure why that x is still around. >> r
i know that many symbols have come to represent hurricane katrina. but there's one that stands out for both the simplicity and the powerful feeling it creates. >> reporter: when the levees breached here nearly five years ago, 80% of new orleans was put under water. and all around the city you'll find images and signs that remind us of that horrific time. but there's one that really stands out. >> reporter: it's a simple x spray painted on thousands of homes, but for the people...
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she and her family have moved ten times since katrina. and for the first time in six years, they getting to home. cindy dellaveja's house was destroyed when the levees broke. six years later, she has been living in mississippi, hoping that one day she could return to new orleans. last christmas, she got a phone call from st. bernard project. >> i called my daughter up and said guess what we're going next christmas and she is like what? and i said we're going to be having christmas dinner at my house. and she was so excited. >> our differences are less important in the face of disaster. a storm like katrina, like irene, doenot discriminate. but people come together in this city, despite that gulf of difference. here, the spirit of volunteerism is alive and well. >> they are working in here. taking pride in what they're doing. and i was just amazed that these young kids could care so much about, you know, someone they don't even know. it's amazing. >> got to think if something happened to me and i lost everything, to have people from wherev
she and her family have moved ten times since katrina. and for the first time in six years, they getting to home. cindy dellaveja's house was destroyed when the levees broke. six years later, she has been living in mississippi, hoping that one day she could return to new orleans. last christmas, she got a phone call from st. bernard project. >> i called my daughter up and said guess what we're going next christmas and she is like what? and i said we're going to be having christmas dinner...
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this is not the same fema that showed up for katrina. this fema is stronger, it's smarter, most importantly, and it's prepared and cooperative with our local officials. they have been on the ground for a week. president obama has already talked with the mayor and the governor and all the parish officials that should be affected, and the federal government and the people of the united states have invested billions of dollars since katrina and i think it's been a smart investment, to make this part of the country more resilient. it's so important to the nation. we've got to keep this mississippi river open and operating. we've got oil rigs that they may be temporarily shut down today, but they are going to be back up and running as soon as possible, pumping millions of barrels of oil to the rest of the country. so it's an important region for it to be strong and resilient. the federal government underinvested in it for decades. that is starting to turn around. i think we'll see some positive results of that as the storm passes through. >>
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similar to hurricane katrina? more than 1800 people died during hurricane katrina. the country watched as their fellow americans stood on rooftops begging to be rescued. tens of thousands sought refuge from the storm only to find that life after it would have even been more horrific. >> we need help! >> we need help, sir. we really do. we need help. they're not doing nothing. tellsing us nothing. not doing nothing. >> it's going to be all right. it's going to be all right. it's going to be all right. breathe. >> katrina was a failure of the bush administration to take care of our citizens. it was immoral. and yet to congressman huelskamp, that blight on this nation is the same thing as providing health care to millions of americans? it's the same as a law that has literally saved lives? that's a shameful comparison. even by republican standards. joining me now are goldie taylor and bill press. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> hi, reverend. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. >> goldie, let me start with you. hurricane katrina is the same as the health
similar to hurricane katrina? more than 1800 people died during hurricane katrina. the country watched as their fellow americans stood on rooftops begging to be rescued. tens of thousands sought refuge from the storm only to find that life after it would have even been more horrific. >> we need help! >> we need help, sir. we really do. we need help. they're not doing nothing. tellsing us nothing. not doing nothing. >> it's going to be all right. it's going to be all right....
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. >>> and katrina two? with parts of louisiana and mississippi once again under water, documentary filmmaker harry shearer discovers the flooding that nearly destroyed new orleans the first time after katrina could have been prevent and happen again. he is here tonight with us. >>> let me finish tonight with the joke, of american politics, going to talk with him right now we start with him, new england. cynthia tucker is a columnist for the "atlanta journal-constitution" and john heilemann, he is back, cotter's back, political columnist for new york magazine. let's take a look a recap of newt's infamous week, the last 100 hours. let's watch it. here he is on sunday on "meet the press," talking about the house-approved plan to kill medicare as we know it. >> you think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. i don't think imposing radical change from the right or left is a very good way for free society to operate. >> here is some of the reaction to that on monda
. >>> and katrina two? with parts of louisiana and mississippi once again under water, documentary filmmaker harry shearer discovers the flooding that nearly destroyed new orleans the first time after katrina could have been prevent and happen again. he is here tonight with us. >>> let me finish tonight with the joke, of american politics, going to talk with him right now we start with him, new england. cynthia tucker is a columnist for the "atlanta...
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there are a lot of symbol that's have come to represent hurricane katrina. there's one that stands out for its simplicity and powerful feeling it evokes could you tell us more about it. >> reporter: good morning to you. nearly five years ago when the levees breached nearly 80% of new orleans was put under water. we see signs that remind us of that horrific time. there is one that truly stands out. >> reporter: it's a simple x spray painted on thousands of homes. for the people that suffered from hurricane katrina it triggers a flood of emotions. >> i want the x to be x 'd out. >> they symbolize what the city went through. >> reporter: in the desperate days after katrina, search and rescue teams moved house to house marking each one with an x. >> they are meant to relay information. up here is the date of the search. over here is the unit that actually conducted it. down here is the number of victims, dead or alive inside the home. this zero shows there were none. >> nobody i know of has positive memories of katrina. i'm not exactly sure that x is still aroun
there are a lot of symbol that's have come to represent hurricane katrina. there's one that stands out for its simplicity and powerful feeling it evokes could you tell us more about it. >> reporter: good morning to you. nearly five years ago when the levees breached nearly 80% of new orleans was put under water. we see signs that remind us of that horrific time. there is one that truly stands out. >> reporter: it's a simple x spray painted on thousands of homes. for the people that...
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because obviously, katrina was catastrophic. and i've been very careful not to compare the bp response to katrina's response. but still, it was disheartening to say the least in both instances. this is a city that gets the hell kicked out of it time and time again. >> well, you know, if you examine the history of new orleans, this city has a history of getting hit by disasters and overcoming them over a period of 300 years. this is the site of the last yellow fever epidemic on the north american continent. you could argue that the let the good times roll culture built on an awareness of impending disaster. we have survived a lot of them but the worst disasters in new orleans' history have been at the hands of outside human forces, not of nature. >> harry, thank you. your film "the big easy" opening tonight in theaters nationwide. >> thank you, harry. >> up next, what we learned. [ female announcer ] stay once... stay twice... earn a free night! two separate stays at comfort inn or any of these choice hotels can earn you a free n
because obviously, katrina was catastrophic. and i've been very careful not to compare the bp response to katrina's response. but still, it was disheartening to say the least in both instances. this is a city that gets the hell kicked out of it time and time again. >> well, you know, if you examine the history of new orleans, this city has a history of getting hit by disasters and overcoming them over a period of 300 years. this is the site of the last yellow fever epidemic on the north...
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of katrina. >> it is, indeed. >> indeed. and fema, the department of homeland security, we handle these things so differently now in part because of the painful lessons learned post katrina, but one of the key lessons is that you cannot prepare for a disaster after it has actually happened. you have to be in place and ready to go that first 72 hours. >> and so you are saying that was the issue with katrina that in fact people were not prepared and hence the terrible devastation, destruction and indeed death occurred that time around. >> i think that the analyses after the fact showed that, yeah, the slowness in response, and that is not just katrina, but in any disaster slow innocence response c -- slowness in response can lead to more damage and loss of life, and that is why you have to be leaning forward as the president said, and be prepared and work so har with the cities and the towns and the states training and exercising to make sure they have the equipment they need. because they have the lead on these things. we com
of katrina. >> it is, indeed. >> indeed. and fema, the department of homeland security, we handle these things so differently now in part because of the painful lessons learned post katrina, but one of the key lessons is that you cannot prepare for a disaster after it has actually happened. you have to be in place and ready to go that first 72 hours. >> and so you are saying that was the issue with katrina that in fact people were not prepared and hence the terrible...
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it is his first visit as president to the city still struggling to recover from hurricane katrina. and he could get quite a reaction from residents, some claiming that his visit is nothing more than a glorified stopover on his way to a big money fund-raiser in california. welcome back to msnbc, everyone, i'm al lengths witt. as we await the president's town hall event, we are going to be speaking with nbc's charles had lock in just a few minutes to tell you what is going on here. in fact the president's motorcade just passed by charles's position that keeps him from being able to broadcast at this moment. the president on his way to the town hall, set for 15 minutes from now. see if the president is on time. until we get charles hadlock back, talk with storm survivors outside of new orleans, expressing disappointment in the brevity, the scope of the president's trip to louisiana. republican congressman from louisiana joins me right now, he represents southwest louisiana, very hard hit, of course, by hurricane rita back in 2005. with a good afternoon to you, we spoke last week here
it is his first visit as president to the city still struggling to recover from hurricane katrina. and he could get quite a reaction from residents, some claiming that his visit is nothing more than a glorified stopover on his way to a big money fund-raiser in california. welcome back to msnbc, everyone, i'm al lengths witt. as we await the president's town hall event, we are going to be speaking with nbc's charles had lock in just a few minutes to tell you what is going on here. in fact the...
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>> katrina, i think you have to do both. i'm not suggesting sanctions are the -- an alternative to engagement. i think you need to have a straightforward negotiations. i think you say here is what in it for you in terms of of your economy and global acceptance on the stage, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. if you don't here is the price you will pay. to date, you're right. the sanctions are -- well, some of the financial sanctions have wale actually increased the cost of doing business but not enough to get them to change their behavior. a straightforward answer is prospect meaningful sanctions might not work but it's worth a try because the alternative is much worse than achieving nuclear weapons. you go with the sanctions. the prospect of sanctions if the negotiations -- if the engagement is not successful. >> senator, i want to ask you about the increase of special ops and covert operations. i know you're involved with our intelligence effort and sitting on the armed service committee. does the u.s., given these various i
>> katrina, i think you have to do both. i'm not suggesting sanctions are the -- an alternative to engagement. i think you need to have a straightforward negotiations. i think you say here is what in it for you in terms of of your economy and global acceptance on the stage, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. if you don't here is the price you will pay. to date, you're right. the sanctions are -- well, some of the financial sanctions have wale actually increased the cost of doing business...
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is not katrina. meteorologists say do not compare this to katrina but nevertheless, the hardships being felt by this monster storm will linger for days from now, thomas. >> msnbc's tamron hall reporting from new orleans. we're going to be speaking with senator mary landrieu coming up in the half hour here to talk about what's taking place in plaquemines parish and also about louisiana as a state. >>> right now the gop numbers man, paul ryan is prepping to make his big debut when he takes center stage at the gop convention in florida. he's going to have a tough act to follow after ann romney's big speech last night. there you see mrs. romney this morning attending a victory breakfast in tampa with paul ryan's wife jana. ann romney's speech is the most buzzed about on twitter. she got a standing ovation after telling the story of a man, a marriage and a family. >> i love you women! and i hear your voices. i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in th
is not katrina. meteorologists say do not compare this to katrina but nevertheless, the hardships being felt by this monster storm will linger for days from now, thomas. >> msnbc's tamron hall reporting from new orleans. we're going to be speaking with senator mary landrieu coming up in the half hour here to talk about what's taking place in plaquemines parish and also about louisiana as a state. >>> right now the gop numbers man, paul ryan is prepping to make his big debut when...
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of hurricane katrina, can you speak specifically about what was learned then that helped you in the federal government to be better prepared? >> well, you have to give credit to congress who one, passed the post hurricane katrina legislation to give clarity to the fema mission, but also cleared up issues that are considered issues if we should wait for the governor to deplete all of the resources before federal assistance and then at this point respond or get it going earlier and not wait for the declaration without waiting for the state to be overwhelmed to be ready. this is one of the keys that we have learned is that when we know there is a disaster that could occur, and again, we are working off of the forecast, is not to wait until the state says that we are going to need help. part of it but i getting the team into the state was the counter parts of the governors' teams getting ready and getting there earlier we have a better time to know what to anticipate and get the team in place if we have impact to go right to work. that is as well as repositioning resources to mo them in
of hurricane katrina, can you speak specifically about what was learned then that helped you in the federal government to be better prepared? >> well, you have to give credit to congress who one, passed the post hurricane katrina legislation to give clarity to the fema mission, but also cleared up issues that are considered issues if we should wait for the governor to deplete all of the resources before federal assistance and then at this point respond or get it going earlier and not wait...
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obama's katrina was supposed to be the oil spill, well this was new orleans katrina. they were promised a lot. they watched haley barbour in their neighboring state of mississippi get a lot of money per capita, there's frustration here there,'s frustration elsewhere in the nation that they have received too much, especially if you read some of the emails that come in to us on occasion. so the president will try to lay out what he views as some of the mistakes in funding and the broken promises of the past. >>hat do you think we're going to see? >> it's an appropriate time having just gotten here to mark this anniversary, to take a brief look back, but mostly look at what has changed, look at what has gotten better. anne thompson is going to update us on this other crisis, can't believe louisianans are deal with the oil spill offshore and we'll have all the other day's news for you tonight on nbc's "nightly news." >> do you at least have a dinner reservation when "nightly news" is over tonight? >> mrs. williams is on this trip, so we're going to doiggedy do some resear
obama's katrina was supposed to be the oil spill, well this was new orleans katrina. they were promised a lot. they watched haley barbour in their neighboring state of mississippi get a lot of money per capita, there's frustration here there,'s frustration elsewhere in the nation that they have received too much, especially if you read some of the emails that come in to us on occasion. so the president will try to lay out what he views as some of the mistakes in funding and the broken promises...
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we sing that song oh, this is obama's katrina or this is cheney's katrina. is one or the other closer to being the truth and ultimately does it matter? >> well, i do think it matters, because the answer to that question leads you to what is the solution. obviously they both do. i mean, i think cheney's left a legacy of corrupt officials throughout this agency has made the agency incapable of acting properly, incapable of being independent. so that's there. but you know what? cheney's not going to change. he's old news. obama can. and i think if we recognize that obama erred in putting salazar in charge of this critical agency, a man with deep, deep ties to the oil industry, and secondly he erred in listening to salazar and opening up the atlantic coast, the eastern gulf coast of mexico and the arctic in alaska to new offshore oil drilling. that was a mistake. the good news is the president can reverse course. we're early in that process. he can do that. >> he can reform the mineral management service and frankly he can ask ken salazar to step down in the wak
we sing that song oh, this is obama's katrina or this is cheney's katrina. is one or the other closer to being the truth and ultimately does it matter? >> well, i do think it matters, because the answer to that question leads you to what is the solution. obviously they both do. i mean, i think cheney's left a legacy of corrupt officials throughout this agency has made the agency incapable of acting properly, incapable of being independent. so that's there. but you know what? cheney's not...
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no different on hurricane katrina. that's pathetic. >> four years after the hurricane, and there's no full service hospital in new orleans. that's inexcusable. that is inexcusable. >> that is pathetic. >> inexcusable. >> and that comeback is pathetic. who does he think he's talking to, the washington press corps? these are people -- these people aren't stupid. these people have been suffering for years, and he's telling them, oh, what do you expect me to do, write a check? my god, look at the money we've been through the past nine months. unbelievable. >> we're headed there in a couple of weeks. >> they should declare themselves an automobile dealership. >> they should. no, a hedge fund broker. >> there you go. >> because they sure as hell figured out a way to get a hell of a lot of money to hedge fund people. >> i have a story about him coming up. the town hall, it wasn't just the adults getting in on the action. here's one of the most pointed questions to the president in a long time, and it came from a fourth grader
no different on hurricane katrina. that's pathetic. >> four years after the hurricane, and there's no full service hospital in new orleans. that's inexcusable. that is inexcusable. >> that is pathetic. >> inexcusable. >> and that comeback is pathetic. who does he think he's talking to, the washington press corps? these are people -- these people aren't stupid. these people have been suffering for years, and he's telling them, oh, what do you expect me to do, write a...
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. >> tonight, katrina's wrath. >> hurricane katrina came ashore just a half hour ago. >> some believe he was in charge and not responsible. >> make sure you've got your vice president under control. >> dick cheney's memoir are already causing controversy. >> what the hell is going on here? >> you have failed me for the last time. >> this is really dick cheney unapologetic. >> no apologies. >> no apologies. >> this is his last political will and testament. >> to pump a book out by saying heads will be exploding with a condescending tone. >>> good evening from los angeles. today as many federal officials remain focussed on the cleanup and recovery efforts of hurricane irene, president obama turned his focus back to jobs. >> even as we deal with this crisis of the moment, our great ongoing challenge as a nation remains how to get this economy growing faster. our challenge is to create a climate where more businesses can post job listings, where folks can find good work that relieves the financial burden they are feeling, where families can regain a sense of economic security in their liv
. >> tonight, katrina's wrath. >> hurricane katrina came ashore just a half hour ago. >> some believe he was in charge and not responsible. >> make sure you've got your vice president under control. >> dick cheney's memoir are already causing controversy. >> what the hell is going on here? >> you have failed me for the last time. >> this is really dick cheney unapologetic. >> no apologies. >> no apologies. >> this is his last...